The sense of smell is closely related with people across time and space. The aesthetic, affective and evocative aspects of smell are widely portrayed in art practices. Olfactory art has its unique expression that other modalities hardly have. Yet this aesthetic medium seems to be underestimated when it comes to the digital age. Current digital olfaction researches mainly focus on meeting tasks and solving problems. The aesthetic experience and the meaning behind are seldom discussed. This paper proposes a potential area where the people from digital art and digital olfaction can contribute together. This paper firstly gives an overview about the affective and evocative impacts of scent on people across time and space, reviewing how scent is treated as the aesthetic medium in the art form, then examining current usages of olfactory display, and lastly discussing the opportunities lying ahead. It provides the way to appreciate the world aesthetically through this affective and evocative medium.

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数字气味的艺术-人，空间和时间

嗅觉与时空上的人们息息相关。在艺术实践中，气味的美学，情感和唤起性方面得到了广泛体现。嗅觉艺术具有其独特的表达方式，而其他方式几乎没有。然而，就数字时代而言，这种审美媒介似乎被低估了。当前的数字嗅觉研究主要集中在满足任务和解决问题上。很少讨论美学经验及其背后的含义。本文提出了一个潜在的领域，来自数字艺术和数字嗅觉的人们可以一起做出贡献。本文首先概述了气味在时间和空间上对人们的情感和唤起性影响，回顾了如何将气味作为艺术形式中的审美媒介，然后考察了嗅觉展示的当前用法，最后讨论未来的机会。通过这种情感和唤起的媒介，它提供了从审美角度欣赏世界的方式。